America's first space station Skylab turns 40

Before the International Space Station and viral videos from space, there was Skylab — America’s first space station. 30 Photos Play Video Skylab launched into space by the unmanned Saturn V rocket on May 14, 1973 from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Continue reading

Skylab's Grave: Remains of 1st American Space Station in Australia

NASA will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of Skylab, America’s first space station, on Tuesday (May 14), but you might be surprised where this icon of U.S. human spaceflight ended up. After hosting rotating astronaut crews from 1973-1974, theSkylab space stationeventually fell back to Earth in pieces that landed in Australia Continue reading

NASA Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab Programs : Man in space – Video




NASA Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab Programs : Man in space This National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) film shows pictorial highlights of the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab Programs. It is a creatively choreographed production using a music sound track with no narration. This film made available courtesy NASA Nasaimages.org By: s88TV1 Continue reading

NASA Space Station : Legacy Of Skylab – 1979 Educational Film – Video




NASA Space Station : Legacy Of Skylab – 1979 Educational Film Utilizes onboard photography from Skylab to provide a visual indication of what life onboard the space station is like. Emphasis is on the zero-g environment Continue reading

Wayward Skylabs Dummies – Video




Wayward Skylabs Dummies The origins of the group date back to early 1979 when a Brian Neil Henderson, Chub McBride, Donald Kerr and myself (Steven Todd) decided to form a band. Things got off to a good start when Neil bought a guitar from his mum's littlewoods club book but that was as far as it went for a few months Continue reading